Isn't that something. Mayor Pete is "preaching" a kinder gentler acceptance from the Bible, but anyone who disagrees with him is taken to task and judged.
That's a keeper."Intolerance has killed its thousands; and tolerance its tens of thousands".
Why should we care about this guy's absurd view of life when he's an unrepentant sodomite? Is it really all that shocking that someone who isn't a Christian misrepresents what scripture teaches? I'm not shocked or surprised in the least, if anything it's expected. Buttigieg needs Jesus, he needs to repent of his sin. Until then we can expect more of the same absurd misrepresentations.Buttigieg’s pastor ‘brother-in-law’ calls on 2020 Dem to ‘repent’ for pro-abortion claims
September 9, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Christians are pushing back against 2020 Democrat presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg for his claim that the Bible suggests human life does not begin until breath, including one critic that hits especially close to home: an evangelical pastor who is also the brother of Buttigieg’s “husband.”
On Friday, Buttigieg, who is the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, appeared on the Breakfast Club radio program for an interview with host Lenard "Charlamagne tha God" McKelvey, where he tried to make the case that President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are the ones who actually fall short of Christian teaching due to their positions on economics and healthcare, but “hold everybody in line with this one kind of piece of doctrine about abortion.”
“Then again, you know, there’s a lot of parts of the Bible that talk about how life begins with breath,” he countered. “And so even that is something that we can interpret differently.”
Pro-lifers assailed Buttigieg’s claim for twisting Scripture and ignoring science to justify abortion, particularly the idea that Genesis 2:7’saccount of God creating Adam – “Then the Lord God formed a man(a) from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being” – is representative of how every subsequent human being came into existence (long-settled biological criteria establishes that a living human being is created upon fertilization).
Among the critics was Rhyan Glezman, a Michigan pastor who is also the brother of Buttigieg’s “husband” Chasten.
"I feel a sense of responsibility and stewardship of my faith to stand up and say something, to say, 'No, that's not true,'" Glezman told the Washington Examiner. "God places a very high value on all human life. Everyone is created fearfully and wonderfully in the image of God with intrinsic value. That doesn't start at the first breath, it starts when we enter our mother's womb."
"If we're going to say we're for all people and we love all people, but we don't value human life in the womb, that's being a hypocrite,” Glezman continued on Buttigieg’s “outrageous” use of Scripture. “You're hypocritical if you don't stand up for all life. So that's why I'm speaking out."
Glezman went so far as to call Buttigieg a “modern-day pharisee,” who has “manipulated” and “weaponized” Scripture in the name of politics, and is “making up their own rules and regulations and, basically, if we don't celebrate and endorse their interpretation of Scripture, our religion is fallible.”
"This isn't a little issue, especially when we're talking about life," he declared. "This is not just a political conversation. We're talking about human life. These are human beings." Glezman added that he considered the entire 2020 Democrat presidential field “very anti-life” and “very anti-God.”
The Bible repeatedly condemns “murder” and “shed(ding) innocent blood” as “detestable to” the Lord, because “in the image of God has God made mankind.”
Glezman added that he loves both Pete and Chasten, but hopes the South Bend mayor will “repent from teaching these false claims of Christianity; that he would just have an absolute encounter with God. ... Anyone who makes those claims, anyone who's going to weaponize the (Bible) in that way, I would say to anyone that you need to repent. This is leading people astray and it's very, very dangerous."
More at the link: Buttigieg’s pastor ‘brother-in-law’ calls on 2020 Dem to ‘repent’ for pro-abortion claims
You are equating "Parents do not enthusiastically approve" with "Parents barred him from their home".Another less inflammatory way of defining "extremist late term abortion policy" is "pro-choice."
Chasten has said he was homeless. I imagine his brother may be embarrassed over his family's temporary rejection of his brother, particularly since he is a clergyman.
The similarity Chasten and his brother share is that both seem to have a certain degree of charm. The difference that they have is that, although they are both Christian, Chasten belongs to the Episcopal Church and his brother belongs to a non-denominational church, and the way they interpret the gospel message of Jesus differs.
It is one thing for Rev. Glezman to say that his brother-in-law is unfit to be president because he is pro-choice and gay.
It is another thing to do this:
As a member of the clergy, he should not be endorsing any particular candidate for president, nor should he be commenting about the unfitness of his brother-in-law to be president. As the leader of a tax-exempt organization, he should discuss issues without discussing candidates, and he should never tell his parishioners---or the entire country on a radio show---not to vote for a particular candidate.
I think I am beginning to understand why Chasten was homeless living in his car for a period of time during college
Buttigieg's brother-in-law is not his pastor. He is the pastor of a Christian denomination that is decidedly "non-denominational."
The Buttigiegs have chosen to be Episcopal and are following their Episcopal beliefs to the best of their ability. Their church's position is listed here:
I think that Buttigieg's brother-in-law needs to respect their sincere efforts to follow God and lead good lives. Mayor Pete has dedicated his life to public service. Chasten has dedicated his life to teaching children. They both seem to be doing superlative jobs with integrity and, most of all, a desire to serve the common good. He should mind his own business.
I agree that Buttigieg's brother-in-law should speak on the issues.
Because churches are tax exempt, every clergyman should feel free to express his beliefs but not endorse candidates. It's called the Johnson Amendment.
Of course, when Buttigieg's brother-in-law praises Trump as if he is morally superior (ROFL) by comparison, he completely loses credibility with all those who have seen Trump's many offenses against women, his long list of unpaid contractors, his 12,000 lies to the American public, etc.
Of course, when Buttigieg's brother-in-law praises Trump as if he is morally superior (ROFL) by comparison, he completely loses credibility with all those who have seen Trump's many offenses against women, his long list of unpaid contractors, his 12,000 lies to the American public, etc.
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